Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori)
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- Address:Piazza del Duomo, Florence
- Hours:Mon - Wed and Fri: 10am - 5pm, Sat: 10am - 4:45pm, Sun and religious holidays: 1:30pm - 4:45pm. Thurs and other holidays: hours vary seasonally. Dome hours vary
- Admission:Cathedral admission is Free, Dome admission is € 8
Cultural Experience, Religious Experience, Church / Cathedral, Monument - Historical
Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori) Reviews
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Fantastic tour - highly recommend! Gave a good insight into the history of this amazing city, and took in many of the major sites with lots of fascinating info. Patrizia was the perfect guide - her passion for Florence is infectious! Obviously, skipping the line for the Duomo and Galleria dell'Accademia is brilliant. I did this walking tour on my first morning in Florence, it was the perfect start, gave me a feel for the city and really set the scene for me getting the most out of my 3-day visit. I feel in love with Florence and I think this tour paved the way for an excellent visit!
This is a great opportunity to see Florence and the Fiesole area above the town. One is afforded sweeping views of the Duomo and Arno river. Winter was a little chilly, but the best views are from the top.
This tour with our guide Angelo was excellent. He explained the city, culture, history, the architecture, sculptures and art very well. This was an English speaking group and Angelo was terrific. We enjoyed the skip the line as this was an early morning tour and there were lots of people waiting to get tickets..
Separately, my wife and I climbed the Duomo and the view was spectacular, well worth the 463 step climb to the cupola.
Great tour, well, paced. Could have used a little more time in the Duomo.
Overall the tour was very good with a great overview of the major sites of central Florence. Of note, you definitely skip the linear the accademia but you do still wait in the general line at the duomo- not necessarily too long but just something to know. The stop at the gelato was perfect timing. Our guide was good, it did take some time to adjust and understand her explanations, possibly because of the quality of the audio equipment. Still, a good experience- would definitely recommend following this up with a climb to the cupola of the Duomo!
Mamma mia, Florence is marvellous. The city, the Duomo, the Door of Paradise, David etc. The guide is very good.
This was a very interesting tour. Our guide, Mary Grace, was very passionate and knowledgeable about Florence and it is a great tour to go on to see all the landmarks of Florence. We had to wait for a short while to enter the Duomo but the line moved quickly. Entry into the Accademia Gallery was much quicker. The gelato tasting was a nice addition to the walk and we made a point of going back to it on our last night. We would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Florence for the first time.
Such a smart thing to do b/c the lines were incredible. Even at the Duomo where we had a "faster track," we had to wait a half hour, but the other line was 3-4 hrs long! Our enthusiastic tour guide was fabulous and her knowledge of Italy, the David and the "Prisoner" sculptures added so much to our appreciation of these incredible art pieces. Terrific!
I thought that this tour was just "okay". A lot of the sights that were visited could have easily been done on my own. The "Skip the Line" was misleading in my opinion because our group ended up having to wait 15 minutes to enter the Accademia Gallery. There was also a wait to enter the Duomo, but you do not need a ticke to enter the Duomo. If interested in seeing David at the Accademia, I would recommend some type of ticket in advance, but the other sights visited on this tour can easily be done on your own.
Our guide very knowledgeable and showed us some interesting sites and illustrated with facts. Only dissappointed was not to be able to go to the Duomo (last minute change we were told) and spending 30 minutes to get to the Accademia when you pay money for the visit to go a bit faster. Amazing to see the David so close!
Most places can be reached on foot. Generally, most announcements were in Italian when reaching any points of interest. Ufizi gallery and Duomo were never mentioned as places of interest. We discovered them on a map provided by our hotel.
Our guide always pointed out what the people of Florence disliked about their city. I would have rather her focused on the beauty and history. Informed everyone that no one new how the dome of the Duomo was constructed. Funny thing - it was explained very clearly on the series "Engineering an Empire. Perhaps your guides need to do a little more home work.
We didn't go into the Duomo as it was a Sunday, I feel that this was most misleading and a tour that includes the Duomo should not run on a day that it is closed! We would not have booked this tour with this knowledge. The Academy part was okay, although the tour guide was not as informative as a tour we took several years ago through a different company,
This was terrible. The bus driver acted as though he could not wait to get to the end of the loop. What was meant to be an hour tour, started out with the driver's cigarrette break followed by the scruffy conductor incoherently speaking into the microphone which stops we zoomed by, as we therefore missed all of the commentary and 2 of the stops on the map (apparently the driver and conductor could not be bothered to stop at two of the most important stops - the Duomo and the Ponte de Vecchio). All of the passengers on the top deck of the bus were smacked in the face by tree branches as this seemed an amusing sport for both the conductor and the driver. When we reached the end of the loop, the driver pulled the bus over for approx. 5 minutes so he could chat with a friend, have another cigarrette, and refuse passengers exit from the bus (we were across the street from the end/start of the loop). We had booked a 48 hour pass, but this appalling 45 minutes was all we could handle. We strongly advise anyone from using this tour. Instead, walk around the Uffizi and Duomo area to get a true feeling of what Florence has to offer. We love the hop-on-hop-off tour experience and have used this tour many times in many cities but this was by far the most horrendous experience we've had.
I don't recommend this tour to others. Especially if you are in centre of Florence and can walk around Duomo. The main tourist spots are quite walking distance and easy to go around with the map in hand.
